2013 Malaysian Grand Prix

Jenson Button says McLaren are making progress with their MP4-28 but warned there is no quick fix for the car’s problems.

“Today we got through a decent amount of satisfactory work, and we duly gathered some more useful info about MP4-28.

“On a dry track it feels better than it did in Melbourne, but even then its pace still isn?óÔé¼Ôäót there compared with that of the front-running cars.

“We?óÔé¼Ôäóve identified some further improvements that we can make before tomorrow, though, which is encouraging, and it?óÔé¼Ôäós been a good day in terms of learning.”

During practice Button mentioned the car’s ride, one of its major weaknesses, seemed to have improved. He ended second practice in 12th place, almost 1.3 seconds slower than Kimi Raikkonen.

Team mate Sergio Perez said the team could do with more of today’s rain during the rest of the weekend: “Although it felt better on a dry track today than it did in Melbourne, it would still probably qualify and race a bit better on a wet track than on a dry track, relative to our opposition, so we won?óÔé¼Ôäót be upset if it rains quite a bit over the next couple of days.”